Figure wheeled toy



Feb. 23 1926. 1,574,275

v P. BEECHER FIGURE WHEELED TOY Filed Jun. 10'. 1924 Patented Feb. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES PHILIP BEECHER, OF BATAVIA, NEW YORK.

FIGURE WHEELED TOY.

Application filed June 10, 1924. Serial No. 719,170.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, PHILIP Bnnorrnn, a citizen of the United States of America. and resident of Batavia, in the county of lcnesee and State of New York, have in vented certain new and useful Improve-- merits in Figure lVheeled Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to games and toys and particularly to wheeled toys, and the said invention has for an object the provision of novel means whereby objects simulating birds or the like, may be rotatably mounted with respect to a frame, and i* which novel means are provided for imparting power from, the traction or ground wheels for rotating the objects when the toy is being drawn over a floor or support.

It is an object of this invention to produce a toy of the character indicated which will prove simple in construction and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, while at the same time it presents novel appearance, since the simulated birds are rotated and they may be set in order that they each will have the same relative position with respect to the stationary parts of the toy, or they may be moved or adjusted so that the tail of one is opposite the tail of the other, or at points between, according to the wishes of'the operator.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more :lully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote corresponding par s in the several views, and in Which- .l gure 1 illustrates a rear view of the toy en'ibodying the invention;

Figure 9. illustrates a top plan view there of; and

Figure 3 illustrates an end View thereof.

In these drawings, 5 denotes an axle on which. the traction or ground wheels 6 are rotatably mounted and they aresecured against disengaging the axle by any appropriate means such as a disk 7 held in place by a fastening 8 which may extend into the end of the axle. The axle has openings 9 extending vertically therein, one of which is located near each end of the axle,

and these openings form bearings for the reception of the ends of spindles 10 that project upwardly a'suitable distance above the axle. A block 11 is supported on the upper surface of the axle and it may be secured thereto in any appropriate way, the said block constitutingan anchorage for a plate or board 12,, through which the spindles project and in which they are journaled.

Each spindle has a figure or object 18 secured on its upper end and the objects in the present embodiment of the invention simulate birds, although it will be obvious that other foWls or animals may be simulated by these figures.

A hub 14 is secured on each spindle and the hub carries a flange or disk 15 the under surface of which rides on the periphery of the traction or ground wheel 6, it being axle and it may terminate in any suitable handle by which the toy may be pulled or pushed. 7

A toy made in accordance with this invention and properly ornamented has provcn an attractive andamusii'ig toy, and as stated understood that the gravity of the hub,

initially, it can be produced comparatively inexpensively.

I claim:

In a toy, an axle having traction wheels, spii'idleshaving their lower ends journaled in the axle in proximity to the traction.

wheels, a hub secured on each axle and ro PHILIP BEECHER. 

